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A bit of older news for those of you that are up on your entertainment stuff. Apparently Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash is out in favor of an Evil Dead remake. Yep, you read that right. Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert along with Ghost House Pictures are teaming up to do the unthinkable and remake this horror classic. I cannot begin to describe my disappointment in this decision. Wait, I’ll try.

The rumors floating around are as follows:

1. Raimi is not going to direct. He, along with the others, will be involved as Producers or some crap.
2. Worst of all, Bruce is not going to be Ash. What? How could that be? Who is Ash if not Bruce Campbell? The part is impossible for anyone else to play. Period. That’s it. Over. End of line.

Now I suppose that other horror freaks were pissed about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and the Dawn of the Dead remake, or for that matter, the hundreds of flavors of Dracula and Frankenstein. But, this is different because it pisses ME off.

Also, there are those that claim that The Evil Dead has already been remade. They would claim that that movie was called Evil Dead II. But, I disagree with this. The root of the confusion here is the recap in the beginning, which for the sake of money, time, etc. the cast was shrunk a bit and the story changed some. Evil Dead II is very much a sequel. So there.

Yeah I’ll go see it and I may even like it. But, I’ll be that guy in the theater that keeps saying, ‘It was better when Bruce gouged out Scotty’s eyes with his thumbs’ or ‘Hey, remember when Raimi used the Ram-O-Cam for that shot in the original?’. And people will have to listen to it.

Oh and the word is that Freddy vs. Jason 2 is still looking promising. Just no Ash.